HESI MEDICAL SURGERY FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
2026/2027
Thoracentesis What Position you going to place them in? - ANS Upright leaning over table to
increase lung expansion
Metabolic Acidosis Respirations - ANS Kussmaul respirations
Wheezing - ANS are short high pitched sounds made on expiratory
Abnormal Breathe sounds - ANS used to describe bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds
heard in the peripheral lung fields.
Adventitous sounds - ANS are extra breath sounds that are abnormal.
The presence of bronchovesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung fields is described as? -
ANS abnormal lung sounds
To prepare the patient for a thoracentesis, the nurse positions the patient - ANS sitting
upright with the elbows on an over-the-bed table.
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, Bronchoscopy - ANS After procedure keep the patient NPO until gag reflux returns.
Hypoxemia - ANS PaO2 is at 55% and SpO2 is 88
What test do you use to verify pulmonary embolus? - ANS CT scan
A patient with an SaO2 of 85% has a PaO2 of 50mm Hg. This indicates? - ANS shift to the left
in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve that could be caused by hypothermia.
Normal Arterial Blood Gases - ANS pH 7.35-7.45, PaO2 80-100mm Hg, SaO2 >95%, PaCO2 32-
48 mm Hg, HCO3- 22-26 mEq/L
To determine when the patient with a tracheostomy tube can be effectively swallow, the nurse
deflates the cuff and? - ANS has the patient drink a small amount of blue-colored water,
observing for coughing and colored secretions.
When obtaining a health history from a patient with possible cancer of the mouth, the nurse
would expect the patient to report? - ANS Heavy tobacco and alcohol use.
The most normal functioning method of speech restoration in the patient with a total
larynectomy is - ANS a voice presthesis
A patients tracheostomy tube becomes dislodged with vigorous coughing. The first action by the
nurse is to? - ANS attempt to replace the tube
What will the nurse teach a patient with pneumonia? - ANS Deep breathing and coughing
@2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
2026/2027
Thoracentesis What Position you going to place them in? - ANS Upright leaning over table to
increase lung expansion
Metabolic Acidosis Respirations - ANS Kussmaul respirations
Wheezing - ANS are short high pitched sounds made on expiratory
Abnormal Breathe sounds - ANS used to describe bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds
heard in the peripheral lung fields.
Adventitous sounds - ANS are extra breath sounds that are abnormal.
The presence of bronchovesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung fields is described as? -
ANS abnormal lung sounds
To prepare the patient for a thoracentesis, the nurse positions the patient - ANS sitting
upright with the elbows on an over-the-bed table.
@2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Bronchoscopy - ANS After procedure keep the patient NPO until gag reflux returns.
Hypoxemia - ANS PaO2 is at 55% and SpO2 is 88
What test do you use to verify pulmonary embolus? - ANS CT scan
A patient with an SaO2 of 85% has a PaO2 of 50mm Hg. This indicates? - ANS shift to the left
in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve that could be caused by hypothermia.
Normal Arterial Blood Gases - ANS pH 7.35-7.45, PaO2 80-100mm Hg, SaO2 >95%, PaCO2 32-
48 mm Hg, HCO3- 22-26 mEq/L
To determine when the patient with a tracheostomy tube can be effectively swallow, the nurse
deflates the cuff and? - ANS has the patient drink a small amount of blue-colored water,
observing for coughing and colored secretions.
When obtaining a health history from a patient with possible cancer of the mouth, the nurse
would expect the patient to report? - ANS Heavy tobacco and alcohol use.
The most normal functioning method of speech restoration in the patient with a total
larynectomy is - ANS a voice presthesis
A patients tracheostomy tube becomes dislodged with vigorous coughing. The first action by the
nurse is to? - ANS attempt to replace the tube
What will the nurse teach a patient with pneumonia? - ANS Deep breathing and coughing
@2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 2
